1 .TH pilot 1 "Version 1.1"
3 pilot \- simple file system browser in the style of the Alpine Composer
12 \fIPilot\fR is a simple, display-oriented file system browser based on
13 the Alpine message system composer. As with Alpine, commands are
14 displayed at the bottom of the screen, and context-sensitive
17 \fIPilot\fR displays the current working directory at the top of the
18 screen. The directory's contents are displayed in columns of file name,
19 file size pairs. Names that are directories are indicated by the name
20 "(dir)" in place of the file size. The parent of the current working
21 directory is indicated by the file name ".." and size of "(parent dir)".
22 File names that are symbolic links to other files are displayed with a
25 Several basic file manipulation commands are provided: Delete, Rename,
26 Copy, View, Launch, and Edit. The "View" and "Edit" commands operate on
27 text files only. By default, the "View" command displays files
28 using "alpine -F", but will respect the environment variable PAGER if set.
29 The "Edit" command simply invokes "pico". The "Launch" command provides
30 a convenient way to either execute the selected file or to run an
33 More specific help is available in \fIpilot\fR's online help.
36 Display all files including those beginning with a period (.).
38 Use function keys for commands. This option supported only in
39 conjunction with UW Enhanced NCSA telnet.
41 Enable "Show Cursor" mode. Cause cursor to be positioned
42 before the current selection rather than placed at the lower left of the
45 Enable "Goto" command. This enables the command to permit explicitly
46 telling \fIpilot\fR which directory to visit.
48 Enable mouse functionality. This only works when \fIpilot\fR is run from
49 within an X Window System "xterm" window.
51 The \-n\fIn\fR option enables new mail notification. The \fIn\fR
52 argument is optional, and specifies how often, in seconds, your
53 mailbox is checked for new mail. For example, \-n60 causes \fIpilot\fR
54 to check for new mail once every minute. The default interval is 180
55 seconds, while the minimum allowed is 30. (Note: no space between "n" and
57 .IP \fB-o\ \fIdir\fB\fR
58 Sets operating directory. Only files within the specified directory are
59 accessible and browsing is limited to the specified directory subtree.
61 Enable single vertical column display.
63 Disable keymenu at the bottom of the screen.
65 Enable ^Z suspension of \fIpilot\fR.
67 Termcap or terminfo definition for input escape sequences are used in
68 preference to sequences defined by default. This option is only available
69 if \fIpilot\fR was compiled with the TERMCAP_WINS define turned on.
70 .IP \fB-setlocale_ctype\fR
71 Do setlocale(LC_CTYPE) if available. Default is to not do this setlocale.
72 .IP \fB-no_setlocale_collate\fR
73 Do not do setlocale(LC_COLLATE). Default is to do this setlocale.
76 Michael Seibel <mikes@cac.washington.edu>
78 Copyright 1994-2007 by the University of Washington.
82 Source distribution (part of the Alpine Message System):
84 $Date: 2005/01/14 20:40:14 $